Monthly Archives: January 2010

A Lonely Plant in Fog

Just Outside Our House

Posted in Photo Post | 1 Comment

Urban ‘Green’ Spaces May Contribute to Global Warming

Dispelling the notion that urban “green” spaces help counteract greenhouse gas emissions, new research has found — in Southern California at least — that total emissions would be lower if lawns did not exist. Lawns look great — they’re nice … Continue reading

Posted in BIODIVERSITY, Global Warming, Urban Studies | Leave a comment

Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park is One of Most Biodiverse Places on Earth

A team of scientists has documented that Yasuní National Park, in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, shatters world records for a wide array of plant and animal groups, from amphibians to trees to insects.A single hectare of forest in … Continue reading

Posted in BIODIVERSITY | Leave a comment

USGS funding a student to develop Twitter Earthquake Detector (TED)

The U.S. Geological Survey is funding a student who’s investigating social Internet technologies as a way to quickly gather information about recent earthquakes. In this exploratory effort, the USGS is developing a system that gathers real-time, earthquake-related messages from the … Continue reading

Posted in seismic activities | Leave a comment